Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1887-05-21

The following h copy Of On old dssd -
cosded in the otiics OF the recorder Of deedl
q fewisburg, Pa II II considered 10 b
one Of the rsrsst curiositiss In the couveyan
cling line ever put on record and IL
essential features are here reproduced
"This lndenture, made the ninth day ol
October, In tho year Of our Of Lord one
thousand seven hundred and ninety three,
between Clara Helena Eilinkhuysen, q the
Sown Of Louisburg In the township Of But.
Common wealth II Psnnsy ivanis, widow, Of
the one part and flavel Roam, Of the town Of
Sunbury, 10 the County aud Com mon wealth
aforesaid, Esquire, Of the other part Where.
- the Creator Of the earth. BY parole and
mankind, u VIZ, Adam and Eve, Of oil that
certain tract Of land, called and known In
the planetary system BY the name OF The
Earth, together with all and singular the
Advantages, woods, waters watercoursss,
tenanCos whatsoovor thereunto belonging, or
In any wise appertaining, 70 have and 70
hold them the said Adam and Eve, and the
bcirs Of their bodies lawfully to 10 begotteD,
in tee tall general for ever, e BY the said
chapter Of the first book Of his records, com.
monty called Genesis, moro fully and at
large appears on references being thereunto
had: And, Whereas, the said Adam and
Eve died siezed Of the premises Aforesaid In
fee tall general, leaving issue, heirs Of their
bodies, 10 Wit, sons and daughters, who en-
tered Into tho same promises and became
thereof seized ~ tenants in common by viz
tue OF donstion aforesaid, and multiplied
their seed upon the earth: And. whsre-
Of the ..id Adam and Eve having
become very numerous, and finding
Il ~ be incon venient to remain In common ~
Aforesaid, bethOught themsel YES 70 mako par
tition Of tho lands and teuements aforesaid to
and amongst themselves, and they did &C.
cordingly mako such partition: And,
Where's, by virtue Of the said partition
msde by the heirs of said Adam and Eve,
all that certain tract OF land called and
known on the general plan OF the said Earth
large tract, was allotted and set over unto
certain Of the heirs aforesaid, to them and to
their heirs general In fec simple who entered
into the same and became thereof seized ~
aforesaid in their demesne ~ OF fee, and
peopled the same allotted lands 10 severality
and made partition thereof to and amongst
their descendants: And, Whereas, after
wards (nOw deemed In time immemorfai), },
certain united people called The Blk Ma.
tons OF North America, heirs ana DC.
came seized, and tor . long time whereof the
memeory Of man runneth not u the con.
trsry, have been seized In their demosne ~
of t6e, of and In . certain tract OF country
and land In the north division OF America,
called and known at present on the general
plan Of the said north division by the name
Of Peunrylvanis And, Whereas, the said
united nations, being 30 thereof seized,
to Wit, In the year OF our Lord
one thousand seven hundred and sixty. eight
livery Of seizin, did grant, bargain, sell, re.
lease, enfSotf, alien, and confirm unto
Thomas Penn anu Richard Penn, otherwise
called the The Propristaries Of Pennsylva-
nia (smong other thiugs), the country
called Butisloe Valley, situate on the south
side Of the west branch Of the River Susque.
hanna, parcel OF said country called Penn.
sylvunis to hold to them the said proprio.
tarier, their heirs and assigns forever, In
their demesne ~ Of fee, a. by the same feoff
ment more fully appears: which last men
toned tract OF country was, after wards, with
other tracts OF country, by the said proPrie.
taries by the sdvics and consent of their
great council In general assembly met,
erected into county called Northumberland
aforesaid, Of which the said BufialOe Valley
was and 10 parcel by the name Of Bufisloe
Township aforesaid: And, Where's, the
saad proprietarios, by their letters patent,
bearing dste the eleventh day Of August, in
the year Of our Lord one thousand .even
confirm unto certain Richard Peters In fee
simple certain parcel OF the said township,
called Prescott, situate at the mouth OF
Spring Run, adjoining and be ow the mouth
OF Buffalo Creek, on the south side OF the west
branch OF Susquehsnns Aforesaid In the
township and county aforesaid, by metes and
bounds in the said letters set forth, contain
ing three hundred and twenty acres, and ai.
loWance, &c, as by the same letters patent
enrolled ~ Philadelphia in Patent Book A.
A., vol l3, a65, more fully snd at large sp'
pears.
Then follows the several transfers made
until the property reached the hands OF the
yRo f0p n h0OInninD